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    The Race Industry Loses

    DOJ declares race-based education grants and scholarships unconstitutional.
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    January 12, 2026

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  • Back to First Grade

    Back to First Grade

    One in eight college students can’t do basic math, a UCSD report finds.
    Claire Harrington
    January 13, 2026

    The University of California, San Diego’s Senate–Administration Workgroup on Admissions (SAWG) recently published a report revealing large gaps in college students’ math proficiency. UCSD faculty found that incoming college freshmen’s…


  • Good Writing Is Cooked

    Good Writing Is Cooked

    Allegations of AI use are discouraging good writing.
    Dr. Nafees Alam
    January 13, 2026

    As a professor of social work, I recently found myself in an embarrassing predicament. One of my undergraduate students submitted an assignment that struck me as suspiciously polished. The prose…


  • Who Failed Harvard?

    Who Failed Harvard?

    Claudine Gay points to everyone but herself.
    Samuel J. Abrams
    January 12, 2026

    In a recently released conversation hosted by the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in Amsterdam, former Harvard president Claudine Gay argued that university leaders have yielded to political demands in…


  • Where Did All the Good Students Go?

    Where Did All the Good Students Go?

    From where I’m standing, they’re sitting at home in front of their computer screens.
    Rob Jenkins
    January 12, 2026

    Like almost every other professor in the country, I was suddenly and involuntarily thrust into online teaching in the spring of 2020. Prior to that, I was skeptical of “distance…


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Academic Freedom →

  • Public Money, Public Syllabi
    December 16, 2025

    Public Money, Public Syllabi

    Transparency is a basic obligation of public employment.
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Anti-Semitism →

  • Who Failed Harvard?
    January 12, 2026

    Who Failed Harvard?

    Claudine Gay points to everyone but herself.
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    December 10, 2025

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    NYU Cancels Federalist Society Free Speech Event—Then Reinstates It Following Backlash

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Artificial Intelligence →

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    Good Writing Is Cooked

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    America’s Schools Still Teach for Yesterday’s Jobs

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    Where Did All the Good Students Go?

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    December 19, 2025

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion →

  • The Race Industry Loses
    January 12, 2026

    The Race Industry Loses

    DOJ declares race-based education grants and scholarships unconstitutional.
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    December 29, 2025

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    Two Harvard professors reflect on institutional failure—only one takes responsibility.
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Science →

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    Reading the Sky

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Transgenderism →

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  • Two Transgender Students Are Suing Idaho’s Board of Education Over a Law Limiting Bathroom Access to Biological Sex—With Little Chance of Success
    September 3, 2025

    Two Transgender Students Are Suing Idaho’s Board of Education Over a Law Limiting Bathroom Access to Biological Sex—With Little Chance of Success

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    August 27, 2025

    Smithsonian Curator Agrees That Objectivity Is Impossible for Black Trans Women—Taxpayers Are Funding the Absurdity

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    August 19, 2025

    A French Professor’s Take on J.K. Rowling and Her Detractors

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